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Tuesday16th Dec 2014
News Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Gets Devil May Cry and Street Fighter Crossover Costumes
Will it ever end?
To add to the wealth of crossovers with other titles, Capcom has revealed that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate will have costumes for the Felynes inspired by Street Fighter II and Devil May Cry. If you've ever wanted to see what Chun-Li, Dante, or Blanka look like as cats without trudging certain corners of the internet, you'll be able...
Wednesday10th Dec 2014
News Nintendo Celebrates Landmark of Record Sales Success for Million-Selling 3DS Games
Four games have sold 2 million copies in the last 5 months in Japan
While hardware results have slowed due to a certain level of critical mass, the 3DS remains a major success story in Japan, in particular. Along with the release of the New Nintendo 3DS — which is helping the portable maintain its dominance in the hardware charts for the country...
Thursday4th Dec 2014
News Capcom's Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Infographic Shows Off the Size of the Game's Challenges
These are genuine beasts
Earlier this week we shared a Nintendo UK infographic promoting the Wii U, and on the same day Capcom shared a neat effort for 3DS title Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate; we don't know whether game companies have had a secret meeting agreeing to an infographic offensive, but they're pretty enough that we don't care. This Capcom...
Tuesday18th Nov 2014
Video Squishing Spiders in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Quests, Helpfully Explained
Give up on the facial tissue idea now
When we last left the caravan players can expect to to travel with in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, they were about to enter Hearth, a town known for its metalworking, but it seems the village has fallen on hard times ever since the lava flow that powers the forges has stopped. Solving the village's problem...
Wednesday12th Nov 2014
Wii U awaits new releases, still
It's Media Create charts time for Japan, once again, and this week brings more steady reassurance for Nintendo in the portable space, if not necessarily for Wii U. This is also a relatively quiet spell ahead of the Holiday season in Japan, so familiar names continue to make their presence felt. At the top, still, is...
Thursday6th Nov 2014
Video Check Out Mario And Luigi's Costume Cameos In Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Customise your Felyne with two iconic overalls
We already knew Animal Crossing, Zelda, Mario,
Wednesday15th Oct 2014
News Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Ships Over Two Million Units in Just Five Days
Monstrous success
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate arrived in Japan — where's it's known as Monster Hunter 4G — on 11th October, alongside the New Nintendo 3DS models. An expansion of the original Monster Hunter 4, it looks set to recreate the success of that release. Capcom has issued a press release outlining the early progress of the new title,...
Sunday12th Oct 2014
News Mega Man Felyne Armour Makes Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Even Stranger
Equip a Rush Hammer, too
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate will be the latest entry in an already strange series — in which characters pose while drinking a potion and can be made to dance and prance on command — and that's absolutely fine; that combination of quirkiness and hardcore challenge is part of its appeal. The new entry is taking things...
Friday10th Oct 2014
Weirdness Monster Hunter Series Producer Denies Existence of the 'Desire Sensor'
Does confirm need for gloves while playing
For those who don't know, the Monster Hunter series of games is rumored among fans to have the unique and utterly frustrating functionality of a 'desire sensor' which allows the game to detect and purposefully withhold the specific loot that a player needs in order to extend replay value. In an interview...
Wednesday8th Oct 2014
Video You'll Be Able To Play As Metroid's Samus Aran In Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Bounty Hunter Ultimate
It has already been revealed that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is getting some interesting crossovers, but this latest one is perhaps the best yet. Nintendo has posted a new trailer which shows Metroid's Samus Aran — in both her armoured and Zero Suit guises — kicking monster butt within the eagerly-awaited 3DS title...
Tuesday7th Oct 2014
News Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate's Producer Gives Stories Behind Crossover Material
When companies are friends, you get blue-furred Felynes in your game
As Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate ticks closer to open season in the West, the steady trickle of collaborative content news released to fans runs the full gamut between Awesome and Ridiculous: you can dress as Link, have Isabelle and Mr. Resetti run along
Monday6th Oct 2014
News Japan Is Getting A Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Nintendo Direct This Week
What's that coming over the hill?
As we all know, Japan is pretty bonkers about Monster Hunter. The series is one of the country's most popular video game franchises, and after the amazing commercial success of Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS, Japanese fans are getting an improved version in the form of Monster Hunter 4G (known as Monster Hunter 4...
Friday3rd Oct 2014
Preview Felling Titans in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
It's about to get bloody
Monster Hunter is one of those series that has taken a long time to gain any real presence in the West; in Japan the game is as popular as Pokémon, but for some reason it just hasn’t hit the big time elsewhere like other franchises. With the upcoming Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on the 3DS, Capcom hopes to change that, and...
Monday22nd Sep 2014
News Capcom Releases Awesome TGS Trailers for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and The Great Ace Attorney
We sure love a bit of hype
In recent days the Tokyo Game Show has dominated the gaming scene in Japan; it's an event that doesn't often have any concrete details for Western gamers to latch onto, but it does bring more footage and details on titles confirmed or expected for localisation. That trend continued this past weekend, and two of Capcom's...
Saturday20th Sep 2014
News Animal Crossing Content Is Coming To Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Yeah, we have no idea either
Capcom has revealed during this year's Tokyo Game Show that Animal Crossing content is coming to Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on the 3DS. The series is no stranger to crossovers — it's already mixed it up with Zelda, and Sonic
Thursday18th Sep 2014
News Work On Your Taiko Drumming Skills While Beating Creatures In Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
No bemani required
Not to leave the humans in the dark when it comes to new equipment options, Capcom has announced a Taiko: Drum Master-themed hunting horn for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. This friendly-looking smacker of things has been confirmed for American and European versions of the game: And also has its own typically restrained themed...
News Sonic-Themed Felyne Drag Races into Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Tails armour still just a rumour
Not to be upstaged at the den of weird and wonderful that is the Tokyo Game Show 2014, Capcom has announced a Sonic the Hedgehog-themed suit of armour for the felyne fighting compadres (also known as Palicoes) of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, complete with Sonic's legendary sword Caliburn. To properly accessorise the...
Saturday13th Sep 2014
News Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Expo Banner Raises Questions With Wii U Logo
Harmless printing error or accidental leak?
A curious banner is currently advertising Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate at a German expo that displays the Wii U logo in the corner. As of now there's be no indication that the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series was planned for any console other then the 3DS. Chances are that this is merely a mistake...
Monday8th Sep 2014
News Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector's Edition Coming to North America
Smells better than collecting actual giant beasts
Where the thrill of the hunt and the thrill of the swag meet, there shall ye find the Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector's Edition. Capcom revealed the upcoming edition for North America on its Unity blog, with the caveat that not all designs may be final. The Collector's Edition will come packed...
Thursday4th Sep 2014
News The Gypceros Returns in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
The gypceros blindeth, and the gypceros taketh away
A longstanding monster in the Monster Hunter series makes its return in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate; that evidently snappy dancer of a bird wyvern, the gypceros. By all accounts the gypceros is a sneaky little guy with the ability to blind hunters and steal things right out of their hands (and,...
Wednesday3rd Sep 2014
News New Nintendo 3DS Shown Off by Monster Hunter Series Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto
Have another look at the limited edition XL and MH faceplate
Part of the New Nintendo 3DS announcement last week was confirmation of a rather attractive Monster Hunter 4 G XL edition — Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in the West — that sports a silver design. In addition Capcom's blockbuster franchise will have two of its own designs in the kisekae...
Wednesday27th Aug 2014
Video Capcom Posts San Diego Comic-Con Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Panel
Never mind the concussion grenades
2014's San Diego Comic-Con is long over, but Capcom has prepared for online consumption and posted the video of their Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate discussion panel featuring several Monster Hunter staffers, including the game's director Kaname Fujioka as a special guest. Most of the information concerning the game...
Thursday21st Aug 2014
News Capcom Confirms Shark 'Laser' for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
I don't know but I've been told that shark pew pew is mighty cold
Earlier this week we reported reported on the inspiration for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate's zamtrios. Several astute commenters pointed out both here and on Yuri Aurajo's original blog
Tuesday19th Aug 2014
News These Felyne-Themed 3DS XL Accessories are Ludicrously Cute
We've resisted all the cat puns
The hype stirred up in the lead up to the release of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate was bound to cause the production of some themed accessories for the system it graces, but nothing could have prepared the gaming community for this overload of cuteness. The Felyne race has been a favourite amongst fans since it's...
Monday18th Aug 2014
News Capcom Outlines Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Shark Creature's Real World Inspiration
"It eats... and it makes little Zamtrios."
Further showcasing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate designs drawn from real-world creatures but made even more spiky, Capcom community specialist Yuri Araujo is celebrating the end of the Discovery Channel's Shark Week by sharing some early designs and concept art for Monster Hunter's shark analogue, the Zamtrios:...
Friday8th Aug 2014
News More Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Story and Setting Details Emerge
Where elite hunters lead, we follow
While gleefully carving a kill or cracking open the post-hunt box, it's easy to forget about the human element of the Monster Hunter series. At its heart Monster Hunter is about people — people who hunt monsters a lot, some of whom get exceptionally good at it. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate's story will follow one...
Thursday7th Aug 2014
Video The Latest Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Trailer is Serene and Gorgeous
Take a break from the bloodshed
Capcom has released a new trailer for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate featuring the Song of the Cornerstone, presented by a ghostly wyverian singer. In contrast to Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate's elder dragon fight and port background hit Ode to Life, the new song has a more relaxing melody than its predecessor — although the...
Tuesday5th Aug 2014
News Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Introduces the Winged Snake Najarala
Snake wyvern... why did it have to be a snake wyvern?
The creature features from Capcom's Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate expanded bestiary continue apace, this time introducing the Monster Hunter franchise's first ever snake-style creature, the winged snake wyvern Najarala. Considering that the Najarala is a snake creature, it unsurprisingly uses...
Monday4th Aug 2014
News Capcom's Latest Monster Hunter Figurine is Pure Gold
Literally
To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Monster Hunter, Capcom has decided to celebrate with the release of a delightful little figure of a felyne – a cat-like race from the series. This little number would be eye-catching enough, bearing armour made from the mighty rathalos, but Capcom is marking this special occasion by making the...
Thursday31st Jul 2014
News Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Multiplayer Will Work Across NA and European Versions
Do you take pounds, dollars, or zenny?
Things keep getting better for fans of the Monster Hunter franchise with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. The long-awaited addition of networked multiplayer to the 3DS version of the game (a feature that was absent from Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on 3DS) just got even bigger and badder, as Capcom's Yuri Araujo...
